Ducati narrowly leads Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha in World Superbike title chase

Terrell Thien (Team Manager - Yamaha Motor Germany) “The early season results have gone well for us. Always our plan was to get as many points as possible in these opening races so to get three podium finishes is as good as we can expect. We expect to have our next performance step for the Valencia race and as the championship goes to Europe we must now target race wins."

SUPERSPORT: RACE : (Laps 21 = 93,345 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / S. CHARPENTIER / FRA / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 34'01.822 / 2 / K. CURTAIN / AUS / Yamaha Motor Germany / 34'03.183 / 1.361 3 / B. PARKES / AUS / Yamaha Motor Germany / 34'09.618 / 7.796 4 / Y. TIBERIO / FRA / Megabike Honda Team / 34'18.610 / 16.788 5 / R.HARMS / DEN / Stiggy Motorsports / 34'18.620 / 16.798 6 / J. BROOKES / AUS / Ducati SC - Caracchi / 34'23.072 / 21.25 7 / J. STIGEFELT / SWE / Dark Dog Stiggy Motorsports / 34'23.166 / 21.344 8 / D.THOMAS / AUS / Gil Motor Sport / 34'28.131 / 26.309 9 / C. ZAISER / AUT / LBR Ducati Racing / 34'28.295 / 26.473 10 / M.ROCCOLI / ITA / Yamaha Team Italia / 34'28.337 / 26.515 11 / S. LE GRELLE / BEL / Legrelle - Honda Belgium / 34'31.661 / 29.839 12 / M.SANCHINI / ITA / RG Team / 34'36.810 / 34.988 13 / G.VIZZIELLO / ITA / Yamaha Team Italia / 34'38.150 / 36.328 14 / D. VAN KEYMEULEN / BEL / Bikersdays Yamaha Moto 1 / 34'39.224 / 37.402 15 / J. FORES / ESP / SLM Racing / 34'40.396 / 38.574 Fastest Lap 3° Broc Parkes 1'36.399 165,998 Km/h Lap Record: K.Fujiwara 1'36.642 165,580 Km/h 2004

Riders Championship Standings: 1 CHARPENTIER 50 , 2 CURTAIN 40, 3 HARMS 21, 4 STIGEFELT 20, 5 PARKES 16, 6 SOFUOGLU 16, 7 BROOKES 16, 8 ROCCOLI 15, 9 ZAISER 15, 10 FORES 14, 11 TIBERIO 13, 12 VIZZIELLO 10, 13 LE GRELLE 10, 14 THOMAS 8, 15 SANCHINI 4.